2BR
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| Broadcast area | Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn |
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| Branding | 99.8fm 2BR |
| Slogan | Burnley, Hyndburn & Pendle's 99.8fm 2BR |
| Frequency | 99.8 MHz |
| First air date | July 25, 2000 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 9.1% (March 2009, [1]) |
| ERP | 0.75kW |
| Owner | Local Radio Company |
| Webcast | Choice of Streams |
| Website | http://www.2br.co.uk |
2BR is a commercial radio station in East Lancashire. It broadcasts from studios in the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson.
The station is broadcast from the Pendle Forest transmitter on Pendle Hill in Newchurch-in-Pendle, near Fence, just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north-west of the studio.
They play a wide variety of music in line with all radio stations owned by Local Radio Company.
The station provides news and sport updates throughout the day as well as traffic updates. The station also provides live commentary of all competitive Burnley F.C. matches both home and away.
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[edit] Programming
2BR also known as Two Boroughs Radio broadcasts live from a studio located on the Lomeshaye Business Village in Nelson between 6am & 7pm weekdays and on Saturdays between 9am & 10pm. All other shows on the stations are networked or pre-recorded. On Sundays, local programming airs between 10am and 2pm before joining 'Hit40UK' (4pm-7pm)
Until recently, weekend breakfast shows were network programming by station the owners TLRC (The Local Radio Company) however, most of the weekend shows are live and local.
[edit] External links
- 2BR's Official Website
- Pendle Forest Transmitter (The ILR (Independent Local Radio (Station)) mentioned refers to 2BR.)
[edit] Presenters
- Jim Coulson
- Ed Shepherd
- Ryan Smith
- Dave Metcalfe
- Dave Croft
- Sally Jaxx
[edit] Name misnomer
Although the station's name refers to the "2 Boroughs" of Burnley and Pendle, the station also covers Hyndburn. Additionally, the station is known colloquially as "2 Bloody Records" owing to its tendency to replay the same music throughout the day, causing once liked songs to lose their appeal[citation needed].
Broadcasting stations in the United Kingdom do not use callsigns, but as "2" is a prefix assigned by the ITU to callsigns in Great Britain, 2BR is technically a valid radio callsign in the U.K.
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